Question follow-through · 118607
NHS: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a national standard for providing (a) full and (b) timely responses to complaints made within healthcare settings across England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a national standard for providing (a) full and (b) timely responses to complaints made within healthcare settings across England.
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009 set out in law the minimum standards National Health Service organisations must adhere to in respect of their complaint handling arrangements. This inclu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Neuroendocrine Cancer: Medical Treatments
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Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
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Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Standards
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